It slowly dawned on Cinna that he was likely starting a goodbye process. A one-sided goodbye process. That he did not want to start.
He'd amend his order. He found Olu on deck with the others.
"60 days, men. And Cat" "60 days. That's it."
"Captain, you said 30."
"And now I'm saying 60." "Is that a problem?"
"You can turn down the badass any time, now" thought Olu. " No, captain. No problem"
"As you say, captain" someone said.
"60 days" someone else said.
When Cinna walked away, "I'm not going to China. Not without Jim." Olu said.
"Not without Lucius" Pete said.
"Not without...enough supplies..."Roach said.
Facing his crew mates' "wtf" expressions, he shrugged and threw his hands in the air. "I'll be in the galley."
"Guess we'd better find the guys you're looking for." Said Cat. "Uh, how'd you lose them?"
"Come on." It was Wee John. "I'll fill you in." he said to the three new crew members. He figured he'd leave out the part about Cinna actually being Stede. Though, after the time two of them spent on The Revenge, they probably wouldn't believe him any way.
"Olu?"
"Yeah?"
"Why isn't anybody making a fuss about having a woman on the ship?"
"I think that was mostly Frenchie's hang-up, really."
"I guess you're right."
Pete and Oluwande stood looking out at the ocean. Racking their brains about what to do next.
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Jeff the Accountant Escapes the Wretched Burning Depths of Hades
FanficBecause it's hard to wait, not knowing what happens next with Ed and Stede, I decided to try my hand at fan fiction. Look at that - just like Blackbeard/Edward, I'm laying myself bare in front of others. And that's okay. This story is pretty dialo...
